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News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

The Fight Isn’t Over: Employers Should Keep Battling The Definition of “Whistleblower” Under Dodd-Frank

by Lloyd B. Chinn, Harris M. Mufson, Steven J. Pearlman | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 11/19/2012

The “Securities Whistleblower Incentives and Protection” section of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“DFA”) is an integrated scheme designed to encourage individuals to complain to the...more

BLG Monthly Update for June 2012

by Neil Guthrie on 6/11/2012

Bad prison food, compensation for sex on the job and neat contracts cases: all this and more in the BLG Monthly Update for June 2012!...more

NASAA Slams The JOBS Act, But Have The States Really Been Handcuffed?

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 4/6/2012

NASAA isn’t in the business of firing off rockets but it did launch a missile yesterday targeted directly at the JOBS Act. In this press release, NASAA’s president, Jack E. Herstein, is quoted as saying: "The JOBS bill...more

Jobs Or Bucket Shops?

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 3/20/2012

Last week, New York Times columnist Gail Collins wrote this Op-Ed piece criticizing the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (aka JOBS) Act (H.R. 3606). Dave Lynn provided a good summary of the bill in this posting on...more

Investment Management Legal + Regulatory Update: February 2012

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/10/2012

In this issue: Senate Bill Would Raise Taxes on Derivatives Trades; Senate Hearings Question Fund Investments in Commodity-related Investments; SEC Grants No-action Relief for Potential Section 10(f) Violations; FINRA...more

SEC Proposes John Wilkes Booth Rules

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/27/2011

On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules disqualifying felons and other “bad actors” from Rule 506 offerings. In 2007, I submitted this comment letter arguing, among other things, that the SEC...more

The Internal Affairs Doctrine – California May Not Be Standing Alone

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 11/29/2010

Delaware lawyers undoubtedly regard the Delaware Supreme Court’s decision in VantagePoint v. Examen, Inc., 871 A. 2d 1108 (Del. 2005) as the last word on the internal affairs doctrine. In that case, the Delaware Supreme...more

"Il delicato ruolo del penalista"

by Aldo Areddu on 1/10/2010

Articolo - intervista di Ezio Petrillo per "Dossier Lazio", allegato a Il Giornale e diretto dall'On. Raffaele Costa, sui temi del giusto processo, dei rapporti con l'assistito e sulle problematiche più ricorrenti...more